Oakvale weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Oakvale, West Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Bluefield Mercer County Airport, 21 km from Oakvale; records cover 1909–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 41.2 in1047 mm
- Snow a year
- 35 in88 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 13
- First fall freeze
- Oct 25
- Heating degree days
- 5,219
- Cooling degree days
- 537
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 7°−14° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Oakvale in January
Highs average 40°4° and lows 24°−5°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1950)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1028
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Oakvale in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 27°−3°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1977)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 841
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Oakvale in March
Highs average 51°11° and lows 33°1°, with 3.8 in98 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1910)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 708
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Oakvale in April
Highs average 63°17° and lows 43°6°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1925)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 380
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Oakvale in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 51°11°, with 4.6 in117 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1941)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 182
- Cooling degree days
- 36
Oakvale in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 58°15°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2012)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 41
- Cooling degree days
- 106
Oakvale in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 62°17°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1952)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 174
Oakvale in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 61°16°, with 3.1 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1957)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 146
Oakvale in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 55°13°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1953)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 101
- Cooling degree days
- 56
Oakvale in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 45°7°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1953)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 357
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Oakvale in November
Highs average 52°11° and lows 35°2°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1924)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 647
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Oakvale in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 28°−2°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1923)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 913
- Cooling degree days
- 0